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SELECTIVE DORSAL RHIZOTOMY (SDR) AND FUNDRAISING FOR SKYE TWYFORD

EDM (Early Day Motion) 447: tabled on 13 September 2016

Tabled in the 2016-17 session.

This motion has been signed by 6 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House pays tribute to the incredible funding efforts dedicated to raising £21,000 for Skye Twyford from Stoke-on-Trent to receive Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) by private healthcare; notes that SDR can help reduce the severe muscle spasticity in young people suffering with cerebal palsy, in many cases helping them to walk for the first time; regrets that this surgery is not currently available on the National Health Service (NHS); and calls on both the Government and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to urgently re-examine the case for reinstating the availability of SDR on the NHS.

These members had previously signed the motion, but have now withdrawn their support. The date shown is when the Member withdrew their signature from the motion.